A great time to stop by and have a look is on Friday May 25 from 6-9PM when we serve free coffee with the Cary Art Loop. Or, the next time you go looking for a sweet treat, steer yourself over to Coffee & Crepes for a freshly made Banana Nutella or Bananas Foster crepe with ice cream!  Top it off with an iced latte and a dose of local art and you have a triple  treat!

With Valentine’s Day fast approaching think about cultivating the perfect first date NOW. How about a movie at the Regal Crossroads 20 and a Banana Nutella dessert crepe to seal the deal? Add a mocha latte and you’ll be up all night! Open 7Am-10:30PM Fri & Sat. www.coffeeandcrepes.com.

Patrick Bartley Photography

See the award-winning photography of Patrick Bartley and Maryann Goldman.  At this month’s Cary Art Loop, Friday Aug 26 from 6-9PM,  end up at Coffee & Crepes for art and music on the Patio, free locally-roasted  Larry’s Beans coffee.  You may even see  some impromptu performance art! Rhythmicity will be drumming to keep the storm away! This is family-friendly fun. Note: C-Tran makes daily loops through Crossroads Plaza.

This month through April 2011, we are pleased to show works by artists Scott Plaster and Perry Boswell.

NC Whimsical Artist Scott Plaster is from the North Carolina Piedmont Triad area and has been creating whimsical paintings for 30 years. His line of”Whimsical Animals” has been featured in the Community Arts Cafe and the GoTriad NC artists section and is available for sale in art galleries, art boutiques, and shops around the NC Triad region, and from the Mountains of North Carolina all the way to the Coast. Matted ready-to-frame art repro¬ductions of the original whimsical oil paintings are sold in various sizes, art note card sets, art greeting cards, art posters, and even stickers.

Scott grew up in Denton, NC and was exposed to art at an early age. He still remembers how his father would draw Picaso-esque figures for his son to paint with basic student tempura paints on manilla drawing paper. When some kids were awaiting video games and toys from Santa Claus for Christmas, Plaster was eager to get paint, canvas, and pastels. Plaster was oil painting by the age of ten and found his inspiration in the works of Van Gogh, the French Impressionists, other early modern artists, and North Carolina artists like Bob Timberlake and Andrew Wyeth. As a self-taught artist, Plaster began subscribing to The Artists’ Magazine as a teenager and immersed himself in art history and technique books of a broad variety. Plaster maintained these interests into his young adulthood, but he did not initially pursue a career in art.

For more information about his work Visit Scott’s Website

They say that a picture is worth a thousand words, but that concept could not apply more than in the collage “stories” of Perry Boswell. These unique collages of Davidson County native and teacher are part antique, part history, part memorabilia, and part artistic creation. Boswell features his work at the Cosmic Cow Society.

Boswell explains, “I have become fascinated with the personal information that people leave when they pass away. I often find it in old books, locked drawers, and dusty boxes tucked away in remote corners. I’ve come to look at these scraps as fragments of the soul.” Scouring booths, boxes, and racks at antique stores, flea markets, and yard sales for items that speak to him, Boswell reconstructs these stories in the form of creative collages that incorporate a variety of artistic techniques in their construction. A line of music from a hymnal might reinforce a theme. A 100-year old scrawled note on the margin of a book might form part of the story line. Family photos from an album might demonstrate the passage of time. Three-dimensional items add texture, interest, and color. Each of Boswell’s creations tells a story that cannot be absorbed in a single sitting or reading, like a complex work of literature that can be read and reread. Every time you look at one of Boswell’s creations, you see a new detail that adds to its story.

For more information about his work Visit Perry’s Website

Studio 180 Salon supports the 2011 Cary Art Loop. Artist’s works will be featured at our Final Friday show and reception on January 28th from 6 – 8pm.